“I'm not saying I'll be the next Tim Duncan. But it was about time for ...” — John Collins Quote

“I'm not saying I'll be the next Tim Duncan. But it was about time for Wake Forest to produce another super productive big man.”

“I get in trouble a lot with people hitting my phone and not texting back. Sometimes, I just gotta be out of the way.”

“It's in the Hawks' DNA to win one, so I want to be a part of the Hawks' DNA and the Hawks' lineage of guys who have won a Slam Dunk Championship.”

“My mom is my backbone.”

“It's frustrating and difficult to go out there every night as an underdog, knowing you're probably going to lose, knowing you still have to play hard to prove yourself to your teammates, coaches and higher-ups that you're still valuable.”

“Not every coach uses the same terminology.”

“I think women have a unique talent for being able to see the forest and the trees at the same time.”

“I think I always have many ideas for books in my head. It's like a forest full of mushrooms. Some are big, some are small.”

“By reading Huckleberry Finn I felt I was able to justify my act of going into the mountain forest at night and sleeping among the trees with a sense of security which I could never find indoors.”

“The death of the forest is the end of our life.”

“The greenest home is the one you don't build. If you really want to save the Earth, move in with another family and share a house that's already built. Better yet, live in the forest and eat whatever the squirrels don't want.”

“I used to beg my mom to let me put a real bed out in forest so I could lie there and listen to the sounds of the forest while still having all the comforts of home.”